Women's Soccer Tiebreakers

There will be an eight-team seeded championship the weekend prior to the NCAA tournament. The conference champion shall be determined by the winner of the championship match. In the event of a tie after overtime in the championship game, penalty kicks will determine the conference automatic qualifier. 
 
The participants in the tournament will be determined by a point system (three points for a win, one point for a tie) in round-robin conference play. The school with the highest point total will have the right to host regardless of the type of playing surface.

The format of the championship will be an eight-team single-elimination playoff in 2024. The first round will be played on Saturday, Nov. 2 (1-seed hosts 8-seed, 2-seed hosts 7-seed, 3-seed hosts 6-seed and 4-seed hosts 5-seed). From there, semifinals will be played on Wednesday, Nov. 6 (1/8 winner vs. 4/5 winner, 2/7 winner vs. 3/6 winner) at the highest seeds; we do not reseed after the opening round) with the highest remaining seed hosting the championship game on the following Saturday, Nov. 9.
 
The tie-breakers shall be as follows (in the instance of a three or more way tie, once one team is advanced by a tie-breaker, the remaining teams will begin the tie-breaker process anew starting with the first criteria):

1. Points earned among head-to-head competition between tied teams.
2. Most wins within the conference.
3. Goal differential in matches between the tied teams in games against each other.  
4. Least total goals allowed by each of the tied teams in games against each other.
5. Most total goals scored by each of the tied teams in games against each other (to a maximum of 3 per game).
6. Points earned against the highest remaining conference teams in descending order.
7. Goal differential in all conference games (max +/- 3 per game).
8. Least total goals allowed in all conference games (max +/- 3 per game).
9. Most total goals scored in all conference games (up to a maximum of 3 per game).
10. Points earned against all common opponents.
11. Coin toss by conference office.